Money?

We put so much emphasis on:

Earning money

Having money

Wanting more money

Let us re focus today.

Though the word in Ecclesiastes says "Money measureth (some tranlations say answereth)

All things"

May we satisfied with what God has provided for us today.

If in lack and poverty though, never be satisfied in that place for that is not God's portion for you.

Ask God for strategy and he will give you principles as to how to walk in financial freedom.

Be careful to do all he says - kingdom principles for prosperity are the opposite of the world. His principles include tithing and offering AND even giving sacrificially.

Please be patient with the process.

Money is needed and it can buy a lot of things, but it sure doesn't bring us salvation, peace and long term joy.

Let's keep our focus:

Matthew 6:25 - 34 AMP

25 “Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing?(E) 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the harvest] nor gather [the crops] into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27 And who of you by worrying can add one [l]hour to [the length of] his life?(F) 28 And why are you worried about clothes? See how the lilies and wildflowers of the field grow; they do not labor nor do they spin [wool to make clothing], 29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory and splendor dressed himself like one of these.(G) 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive and green today and tomorrow is [cut and] thrown [as fuel] into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! 31 Therefore do not worry or be anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted), saying, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’ 32 For the [pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right—the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also.

34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I found this poem and I had to share it with you

What Money Can Buy

A bed but not sleep

Books but not knowledge

Food but not appetite

Finery but not beauty

A house but not a home

Medicine but not health

Luxuries but not comfort

Pleasures but not happiness

Religion but not salvation

Say not that this is yours and this is mine

Just say, this came to you and to me,

So we may not regret the fading shine

Of all the glorious things which ceased to be

Author Unknown

Walk good in Christ

Till we meet again

My friends

Pastor J